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• Fentora Manufacturers Distribute New Warning

  Jamie Sheller | September 19, 2007 11:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Earlier this week, Cephalon, Inc., the drug manufacturer of Fentora issued two letters to warn doctors that Fentora has been linked to serious adverse events, including death. Doctors are supposed to use Fentora to treat cancer patients who are experiencing breakthrough pain and are already tolerant to opioid therapy. Cephalon, however, believes that Doctors may have prescribed Fentora to...

• New Warning For Viracept

  Jamie Sheller | September 10, 2007 9:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Pfizer has issued a new warning for children and pregnant women taking nelfinavur, also known as Viracept. This U.S. warning comes after a European recall of Viracept due to the discovery of excess levels of ethyl methanesulfonate in some batches of the drug sold outside the U.S. and Canada. That impurity occurs during the manufacturing process and is potentially carcinogenic. Later testing...

• Possible Link Between Food Dyes and Preservatives and Hyperactivity

  Jamie Sheller | September 09, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A recent study has found that some artificial food dyes and preservatives may be linked to increased hyperactivity in children. The study used drink mixtures containing the preservative sodium benzoate, along with common food dyes. Children fed those mixtures had increased hyperactivity scores compared with those who were given a placebo drink. The study looked at a group of three-year olds...

• FDA Warns Against Illegal Sale of Tanning Product

  Jamie Sheller | September 08, 2007 8:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The owner of Melanocorp Inc., Brian Manookian, received a Warning Letter from the FDA about the illegal sale and marketing of Melanotan II. On the company's web site, Melanotan II is marketed as a preventative against skin cancer and as a tanning agent. In addition to being advertised as an injectable tanning product, Melanocorp claims that Melanotan II protects against rosacea and skin...

• Codeine Risk for Nursing Infants

  Jamie Sheller | September 05, 2007 10:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA has expressed concern about a possible increased risk of morphine overdose in nursing infants whose mothers are taking codeine. Nursing mothers who are ultra-rapid metabolizers of codeine may pass along high levels of morphine to the infants through their breastmilk. A healthy 13-day old nursing infant died from a morphine overdose. His mother had been taking small doses of codeine to...

• Fresh Spinach Recalled Due to Salmonella

  Jamie Sheller | September 01, 2007 9:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Metz Fresh LLC has recalled its fresh bagged spinach after a positive test for salmonella. The spinach involved in this recall have been distributed in both retail and food service packages throughout 48 states and Canada. There have been no reports of illness linked to this spinach, but a sample from the product line tested positive for salmonella and Metz, a California company, recalled all...